Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4237 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm noticing an appalling number of posts on new topics that are being 
sent as replies to earlier posts.

This is a poor practice and for those with mail readers that support topic 
threading, makes that feature much less useful.

Please! When you're starting a new topic, post a new message, DO NOT USE 
REPLY! (Sorry for the shouting, but this is rapidly becoming my new pet 
peeve.)


For those using KMail, there's a way to repair messages that are sent as 
inappropriate replies:

1) Create a new filter (I call mine "Sever Reply Links").
2) Match any of these conditions:
2a) In-Reply-To matches regular expression "." (exclude the quotes)
2b) References matches regular expression "."
3) Filter Actions:
3a) Remove Header In-Reply-To
3b) Remove Header References
4) Make sure all "Apply" options are *dis*abled.
5) Add the filter to the Apply Filter menu


Now when you get one of these "replies" that is really the beginning of a 
new topic, you can move it to the top of the thread hierarchy by applying 
this filter.


Randall Schulz